Post the first piece of art you currently have vs your most recent. Let's see how far we've come. still beg so go easyleft: jan 2023, first genuine attempt at artright: march 2024
i havent drawn this character too recently but whatever
>>7123541Let me guess, you crawled out of one of the OC generals? Read the sticky.
>>7123539nice progress but the proportions on right are really fucked.
>>7123578where? My eyes aren't good enough to discern. Is it the hands?
>>7123542fuck you, i just want to draw
>>7123945>>>/i/
>>7123578redline or stfu
>>7123948fuck you again, whats the difference between here and there?
>>7123952The difference is whether you are going to apply yourself or not. If the latter, >>>/i/.
>>7123539this is not a years worth of progress you either purposefully didn't try/use a mous for the 1st one or you're lying abour the time frame. take it as a compliment if you want
>>7123963is this some form of applying myself? i just drew this immediately after i read your post
First digital drawing ever May 2015 I had a shitty bamboo tablet. Couldn't even see what I was drawing most of the time.
>>7124014Currently working on this in April 2024It's not done yet but my colors on recent stuff is where you see the real improvement. I'll probably post the final here if I don't forget.
>>7123539don't really have an excuse for the burnout outside of just college getting in the way + being too lazy to apply myself
same character, ten months. what do you guys think?
>>7123970Used a mouth on both, both roughly took the same amount of time to make (I added the background to left at a later time)I used to be one of those people who said that they couldn't even draw a stick figure.
lol
>>7123951contrary to you i have shit to do and a life. i'm not gonna redline beg drawings all fucking day.
I lost the soul along the way...
>>712353910+ years and I'm not even at the level of right I don't give a fuck that this is a bitchass move but god this makes me depressed
>>7123539the earliest piece i got is from when i was in the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade, some 1000s years ago, it's somewhere in a box, i'll have to look for it, it's a crudely drawn figure dying from a shot in the head, i was planning on redrawing it when i finally figure out all the whole "color" thing, which is something that i just put in the back burner for the longest, might as well draw it now since the thread ordered it.
Uhhhh...
>>7124257Good improvement in just 9 months, I think I like your January one the best though. Newer 2 feel stiffer and like they have inflatable limbs with no rhythm or flow, and lazy 2D feet. Also begshit like hiding a hand, or the peace sign in the latest being completely straight with no arm.
Just got back into drawing at the start of the year after not drawing at all in 2023, i feel kind of aimless with what to draw so i just draw my ocs again and again, maybe i should draw bandori again lmao
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Not my MOST recent, but I rather recently started redrawing a "manga" I did when I was 13. Decided to keep the shitty English though (yes I decided to write it in English back then even if it wasn't my first language)
>>7123539I really wish I kept up with art over the years instead of being a faggot with a shit mentalityI gave it up for a long time but I picked it back up around November of last year and happy to be back at it
>>7124895Ever since she killed her friend with her own hands, she has never been the same.She is now better, more powerful, lighter, even, after dealing with the blood-sucking parasite always weighing on her back and holding her back.Yet she can't shake off the feeling that something has been missing ever since.
First finished digital work. I have some trad work but is some OC cringe stuff from highschool.>>7123539thats impressive OP, keep it up.
>>71235391. first attempt 2. first digital drawing3. drawing from todayI guess I improved, but that's really thanks to me learning how to use references effectively and as you can see, I'm still scared of coloralso in the span of those 2.5 years I drew <100 drawings since I'm lazy and barely draw once a week, so I guess I'll die a /beg/
I like these threads
>>7124257Why did you decide to get worse after january
>>7123539fuck she really spiraled
>>7123539I found some old figures from 2019 and the comparison with those from 2024
>>7125416the main difference I see is that you draw the titties bigger
>>7123945But this is the critique board. If you don't want to be critiqued then head the other one as >>7123948 said.
>>7123539went with my fifth "piece" from five years prior
bumo so more people share their progress
ok
>>7123539>>7124597>>7124684>>7124824>>7124895>>7124901>>7124912>>7125186>>7125277>>7125617>>7125808soul vs soulless
I've been slowly getting there
>>7125831i like both of these. you have a great sense for color!
>>7125843Reminder that "soul" is just a meme word used by morons that can't explain eloquently enough why they like a certain thing.
>>7125886soulless post
i have trouble staying with it, i barely did anything until like the middle of last year and still get distracted and take a month long breaks because of bad brain
2014>goals were ambiguous, but still enjoyed drawing>didn't take studying seriously>paintings were unfocused, as there was no planning when it came to composition, mood, color, narrative, etc.>mostly inspired by whatever was on my tumblr timeline or whatever my favorite artists liked>on every social media platform2024>goal-oriented, draw cute boys doing cute things>inking allows me to focus on the drawing aspect of art and keep it fun and loose>sketchbook now consists of cars, kaiju, environment drawings instead of figures floating in space>inspired by only a handful of artists while still trying to develop my own style (a mix of anime, french comics, and baroque art).>barely use X which I plan on deleting anyways
>>7124684That is one manly fairy.
>>7125905damn u got worse
>>7126059what's a crab
>>7126049ty
>went from prebeg to beg in 10 years>everyone that points that out must be a crabdon't mind if i'll be
>>7125843Cope harder
>>7126079seething
>>7125416Nice improvement, but can you now achieve the same results with smaller bodies, like the ones you were drawing before?Because this is bordering on obesity, and if you can give off the same softness on a healthy body, it would be da bomb.
>>7125843Do you prefer this
>>7125416Finally some good fucking food.
>>7124257Discount Phos
I left tradfag and embraced digital, reluctantly, and then I realized how much less stressful digital is.
>>7125853Someone actually practiced their fundies
Oldest drawing I could find vs WIP sketch>>7126355can't say the same, I use a display tablet for digital, but I can't stop drawing trad, maybe I should buy an ipad
>>7126449Not a bad idea, the thing I miss most about trad is the freedom to draw anywhere. I don't use apples products but a portable tablet might be a great idea
>>7123970naw im about at the same beg level after 15 months, feel like my progress is mediocre too desu.
>>7123970I think it's drawing from imagination vs using reference (aka tracing)
>>7125186Not a fatefag (I think right is fate?) but very good improvement, nonny. Your painting in particular has come a very far ways. If I were you, I'd make my next big goal to work on posing and composition. You've gotten to a point where the things you're good you're very good at, so you should move to learning to do more things.
I've slowed down recently, because I've reignited my interest in writing. But one day I'll actually grind colors.
I have stuff from my childhood, but it's all in storage. So here's the first digital piece I have.
jan 2022 - apr 2024
examples from 2014 when i started getting into drawing and a few things i drew recently that i think are nice. i'm not sure which one of the minecraft ones came first but i also found a very early anime drawing for comparison. sorry for file size. never studied fundamentals at all until very recently, even then i'm not that serious about it
>>7124018>Bonneyfag posts on /ic/Huh
>>7126708i like your style anon, its cool
>>7127071Thanks anon, I’ve been inspired by Nishimura and friends from Capcom as long as I can remember. I still have a long way to go and plenty more master copies to do before I get like them
>>7123539>nuked all of my old artworks because they were bad
>>7126911I remember you posting that cellar dude before. It looked better in lineart, but more importantly, you didnt fix that mouse. Unforgivable
I've been drawing since I was just a bab but 2021 was my first time using an actual tablet.My pen and paper art was worse.
>>7127408>3116x4037I'm not clicking that
Bumping with old as fuck trad drawing.>>7125186>>7126563Thank you. Its Karin from Blue Archive. For now and focusing on coom art, but I want to tackle mecha as well and more detailed backgrounds eventually.
>>7127344there was a problem with the mouse?
I started trying to learn how to draw when the whole covid thing happened, still have a long way to go.
>>7127842wow your skill really plummeted
>>7127752Yes. What mouses do you know where the cord is attached to the bottom of the mouse?
>>7124684Why did you turn her into a tranny?
>>7124785Pyw, I'll say nice things about it
>>7128002god damn it you're right i missed that
>>7126042>>7128018You guys are so mean
>>7127885You cant lose skill if you dont have any to begin with.
The first digital art never fails to make me smile. I drew with a mouse for a year after that
>>7126454that's one of the things i like about trad, drawing anywhere, feeling the paper texture, not having to zoom in, etc. ty anon, I'll consider a portable tablet.
>>7123539second one is wip because i never finish my shit
>>7123539Left was one of my first tablet drawings. Finished the one on the right yesterday.
Got inspired to draw after watching pewdipie 30 days drawing video.
>>7123539some drawings from 2022 to some /co/ drawings 2 weeks ago?I remember the drawings on the left taking me ages to do too - the ones on the right take me like 30 minutes to do now? + 10-20 minutes if I colour them?good thread OP it's nice to see progress laid out
>>7132595turns out these are from 2021. This witch is from 2022 - this originally took me about a day to draw - this redraw was around 45 minutes for both drawings and coloring. While the character appears more expressive now, I think original has superior coloring but I'm gonna chalk that up to the program I used, CSP compared to drawpile here
>>7132702Drawpile has a lot of good brushes now, it's basically a full-fledged conventional drawing program. Check out the new version and join the /ic/ Drawpile sometime!>>7064255
>>7124895What's with that indentation between her nose and eye?
>>7132186First one with SOVL in the right
My whole art journey is just me killing my gains for no reason. I'm having fun though.
>2017, one where i tried to put a bit effort on>2021>Redraw of 2021 drawing
>>7123539
>>7136453
>>7136453Bonus: Since this was my first drawing and I did before geting a table, I did another remilia last year on trad too(except for the painting)
>>7135556I appreciate your gothic, sharp style, but you really need to spend more time balancing your lights and darks. You have harsh blue highlights bleeding into red shadows and vice versa, and your choice of value gives the whole image a burned feel.Digging the scratchy lineart. Keep pursuing this. It's worthwhile.
>>7123539roughly three years apart>>7125808>>7132702sick gains
left is the first page of a sketchbook when I started drawing again two years ago, some doodles and a fwap page, right was a study from the other nightI've lost most of my older stuff during moves or it's at my parents
>>7137045breathtaking
>7137045>7137076samefagging
Left is my earliest digital work (2018), right is a master copy I did earlier todayI'm being as disingenuous as I possibly can. I'm nowhere near as good as the right pic would lead you to believe
>>71235392019 - Nowfeels kinda bad getting mogged by this thread lol
It was fun drawing on ibispaint
>>7137072That doesn't look anything like Marceline, but I appreciate the 2000s esque style.
>>7136788Ayo thanks man, spearking facts no print! I really dont like the way I color because I'm simply too lazy to learn color theory from the beginning.... appreciating that! I know I should just git gud with some videos, color theory is pretty straightowards anyway.
I draw dumbshit now
>>71235392020 vs last week.Total Soul Downgrade.
>>7138137Actually noone can stop the dogye...
>>7137076thanks>>7137078I can't prove there only one (you) among those two posts if you don't quote thembesides many other people got replies to their work. why am I the only one getting accused>>7137102that's from gloss, right? love his stuff. I should do some copies too
>>7138137kys
>>7125416boring stagnation
>>7138282Naw, it's from EigakaAlthough I could see why you'd mix both of them up, gloss taught Eig for a while iirc
>>7125843Based soulchad
>>7138287errmmm...?? but people said I'm finally out of beg territory...
>>7125617Nice. Love the colours and texture. Very cozy. Bloggu?>>7126911Definite improvement. I really like the tone your recent stuff conveys. Very moody. I think a horror webcomic with the same vibe would really draw a lot of people in. Bloggu?>>7132186Keep at it brosif>>7132595>10-30 minutesGod I'm jealous. Max soul. Very appealing colours, lines and shapes. Bloggu?>>7137072Good stuff man. You're definitely getting there! Very appealing despite a few shortcomings. Most notably is the proportions of her left (the one on the right of the image) forearm. Looks very thin and short. But like I said man you're well on your way!
>>7138359bro shits rly good. You improved alot, anatomy, posing, line weight and your drawings have alot more energy to them. I dunno about what other anons think but to me you've left beg territory a while back.The only thing i'd say is diversify what u draw. I get u like anime girl with big booba, but maybe draw one with smaller bewbs, slimmer frame, men, clothed etc. But yh godspeed to u anon
>>7125416>>7138359You're not /beg/ like the other nigger said, but before the thread dies, tell me what resources, who did you learn from, who did you try to emulate, what was your angle in this? I started in 2019 but am far from the right
>>7138359>>7138483>>7138485its called envy, been stuck doing boxes while you get to enjoy fine artmight as well embrace AI if its going nowhere
>>7138483thanks mate>>7138485for anatomy I went through Scott Easton, Proko and Stonehousefor figure drawing I watched Vilppu's video coursefor inspiration I try to emulate the way Trylsc draws girlshe has several character sheets(picrel) on his pixiv and I seriously studied the proportions and stylization of these figures of hishttps://www.pixiv.net/en/artworks/69214448#1
>>7123541Nice progress
>>7124257August is the best one
>>7137473bitch marceline is a lolipop with eyes
>>7138375>Nice. Love the colours and texture. Very cozy. Bloggu?/ic/ is my blog
>>7139154>/ic/ is my blogdamnbut based
>>7139261
>>7124018Who commissioned you? Sanji?
>>7124257I think you're a permabeg and the proof that "just practice" is a bullshit advice.Your art is cute but please study fundies.
>>7124785>10+ years and I'm not even at the level of rightNigga I know how you feel I've been drawing since 2019 and I'm still shit.
>>7125186Anon you should learn composition because the way you frame your characters remind me of AI.>Legs are cut off >Hands are either incomplete or hiding
>>7125416What's your Patreon handle?
>>7125831Your art skills didn't improve much but your soul gains are huge. Good job!
>>7125853Is she Teto? Bread girl? Drill hair? Soul!
>>7125886You're a soulless insect.
>>7126355>how much less stressful digital is.I disagree but only cuz I'm a fucking idiot that bought a tiny drawing tablet. My tablet is picrel but my hand is big so fml.
>>7139651Its not like I dissagree with you in principle but ...>composition is when hands and legs are showing in frame.
>>7138287Your envy is showing.
>>7139664You don't think being able to ctrl+z any mistake is less stressful?
>see thread>go inside>99% yapping>1% actual progress pics
On and off since 2014 really(mostly off), oldest thing i can find without turning whole house upside down, from 2019 when I started dabbling in digital. vs newest scribble. Garbage then, garbage now, garbage tomorrow.
>>7138375>I really like the tone your recent stuff conveys. Very moody. I think a horror webcomic with the same vibe would really draw a lot of people ini'm glad you like it. i was originally going to attempt to make a comic of some sort but ended up moving the project onto rpg maker. i do want to make a comic someday though>Bloggu?mechanicalparts5 on newgrounds
>>7139798sovl vs soulless
>>71388726/10 would
>>7140296Nice, followed. Don't use the platform much tho.
>>7123539Huh, sure, why not.
I just started. (it's reimu and skibidi toilet making out)
>>7125416Kinda sad seeing people spend years of their lives just trying to draw trashy smut
>>7142360The site is 18+
>>7139690Good progress.Do you have a blog?
>>7142054Based hands drawer, some good rendering aswell!Good improvement, but don't shy away from drawing backgrounds aswell.
december 2021 to march 2024. 2021 was when I started digital
>>7143933most of my recent art currently on dadhttps://dad.gallery/users/4631
>>7124684the masculine features make her really hot desu i'll jerk off to this later
>>7128018>>7146125the duality of man
>>7138284It's been a week and I still don't know why I should kill myself.
>>7143955Backgrounds are hard but yea I need to draw more of them.
>>7143955Also thanks
The recent one is still WIP, so I guess my younger self out does me currently with color.
It is the change since the year I began to draw diary on 2019 until the most recent illustration I have scanned in 2024